Ex-ACORN Worker Charged With Forgery

by Stephan Tawney on October 14, 2008

The Michigan Attorney General has charged an ex-ACORN employee with forgery after the convicted felon allegedly filled out and signed six voter applications without the permission of the people whose names he used.

Antonio Johnson, 23, a convicted felon who is currently being held in Jackson County on a parole violation, is charged with six counts of forging a public document and faces up to 14 years on each count, Cox said in a news release.

Johnson was working for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now between May and June of this year when he filled out, signed and submitted six voter registration applications, using two Jackson residents’ names, without their knowledge, Cox said.

“This is an obvious case of forgery and that is why I am taking action today,” said Cox. “This office will not stand by while criminals interfere with the voting rights of Michigan citizens.”

Incidentally, ACORN says that it doesn’t vet its workers for criminal records. Take comfort in the fact that the guy who’s registering you to vote can’t legally vote himself.



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